"I don't think it's right to blame one guy," he said. "There were breakdowns left and right. We were all responsible for goals here and there."

Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette agreed.

"You go goal by goal and you talk about it, but there's different reasons," he said. "The bottom line is it isn't good enough. You'll never win any games (allowing nine goals). Well, the majority of the time you won't win many games when you have to score 10. We'll go back and we'll work on everything."

The Flyers came within striking distance of the club mark for goals, and both teams were close to marks for goals allowed.

The 17 goals matched a Philadelphia record for combined goals in a game. And the Flyers hadn't allowed nine in a game since Oct. 23, 1993, when the former Winnipeg Jets did it.

Incredibly, the teams combined for five goals in the first 4:31 of the third period.

The most goals the Flyers ever have allowed in a game was 12 on Jan. 30, 1969, against Chicago. Philadelphia's franchise record for goals in a game is 13.

The Jets tied their mark for goals in a game set Nov. 12, 2005, at Carolina when they scored nine as the Atlanta Thrashers. The club mark for goals allowed in a game is 10, set Jan. 18, 2008 at Buffalo.

The Flyers entered the final period trailing 6-4, but got within a goal, 1:09 into the third period when Briere scored on a rebound of Van Riemsdyk's shot.

A little more than a minute later, the Flyers tied the game when Matt Read scored on a rebound of Andreas Lilja's shot from the point.

The Jets then pulled Pavelec and replaced him with Mason, but it didn't matter as Philadelphia went ahead 7-6 on Van Riemsdyk's goal from the edge of the goal mouth after a pretty assist by Briere with 16:58 left in the game.

But the Jets tied it at 7-7 only 28 seconds later on Burmistrov's tally, and went in front 1:01 after that on Mark Stuart's wrister from close range.

Pavelec re-entered the game with 8:20 remaining as Mason left with an apparent injury, but he couldn't hold the lead as Van Riemsdyk tied the game at 8 with 3:39 left on a one-timer from close range.

"We have some things to feel good about," Noel said. "The nine goals and the win, but you can't play this way."

Notes: Flyers captain Chris Pronger, who suffered a right eye injury Monday night, will start light exercise this weekend, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Pronger is expected to miss 2 to 3 weeks. ... Flyers rookie Brayden Schenn will be out 4-6 weeks after suffering a broken left foot in Wednesday's game against Montreal. ... The Flyers recalled forward Zac Rinaldo and defenseman Erik Gustafsson from Adirondack of the AHL. ... The Winnipeg franchise has won eight of its past nine against the Flyers.